QUESTION 1

1. What types of intelligence analysis are performed by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)? How does the NCTC partner with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Forces and Department of Defense's combatant commands to counter terrorism? How does the NCTC compare and contrast to the FBI Counterproliferation Center?

   Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

QUESTION 2

1. The lead federal government agency for intelligence and counterintelligence in the United States is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA states that there are five key challenges that exist today for their agency:
   
   • Close intelligence gaps with enhanced collection and analysis on the countries, non-state actors, and issues most critical to the President and senior national security team.
   • Fulfill our global mission to give customers decision advantage as they confront an unprecedented volume and diversity of worldwide developments that affect U.S. interests.
   • Leverage technological advances for better performance in all mission areas—collection, analysis, covert action, and counterintelligence—while protecting against technological threats to the security of our information, operations, and officers.
   • Improve the ways we attract, develop, and retain talent to maximize each CIA officer's potential to contribute to achieving mission.
   • Better manage agency resources during a period of fiscal austerity.
   • Which of these challenges do you think is the most difficult today? Why? Offer two recommendations that could be implemented and enforced to address the key challenge you have chosen.

     Your response must be at least 200 words in length.